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are democrats as nervous about the nra as they used to be? >> no, they're not. >> reporter: maryland democratic congressman chris van hollen says voters are eager for new gun control laws after newton. >> if you look at the most contested congressional races around the country, they're in the suburbs and in suburban areas i think the weight of public opinion is on the side of commonsense gun safety provisions. >> after biden spent days meeting with different interest groups, the latest being video game maker, the vice president doesn't seem to be in the mood to take on the entertainment industry. >> there's no measure that i'm aware of to be able to determine whether or not there's a coarsening of our culture in a way that is not healthy. >> reporter: democrats say it's up to the white house to make that case. that's why they expect president obama to put a heavy emphasis on gun control in his upcoming state of the union speech next month. martin? >> cnn's jim acosta. thanks very much. >>> so, how did a drunk driving case land on the desk of
are democrats as nervous about the nra as they used to be? >> no, they're not. >> reporter: maryland democratic congressman chris van hollen says voters are eager for new gun control laws after newton. >> if you look at the most contested congressional races around the country, they're in the suburbs and in suburban areas i think the weight of public opinion is on the side of commonsense gun safety provisions. >> after biden spent days meeting with different interest...
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and wasn't to ask ye have to ta nra. the nra ad just came out, pretty controversial. i want to point out to our viewers, this ad is only running on the sportsmen cable network, about a third of the homes in the u.s. here is a clip. >> are the president's kids more important than yours? then why is he skeptical about putting armed security in our schools when his kids -- >> here is my question to you. you hear this voice talking about armed security in schools. interesting the nra is choosing to focus on that sliver of this whole argument versus taking on, you know, something much broader, that the president mentioned today. ie an assault weapons ban. you surprised by that? >> you know, i was initially surprised by that. what i can tell you is that, you know, time and cnn will have polling out later this afternoon, and one thing people might find is that arming guards in schools is more popular than i think a lot of people -- a lot of people i know who first reacted to that nra press conference a few weeks ago really appreciated. it is actually not an unpopular idea an
and wasn't to ask ye have to ta nra. the nra ad just came out, pretty controversial. i want to point out to our viewers, this ad is only running on the sportsmen cable network, about a third of the homes in the u.s. here is a clip. >> are the president's kids more important than yours? then why is he skeptical about putting armed security in our schools when his kids -- >> here is my question to you. you hear this voice talking about armed security in schools. interesting the nra is...
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the nra is against any type of assault weapons ban. they say it wasn't effected in 1994 when it was put into effect and puts dangerous weapons into the hands of criminals who essentially don't follow the law, something else that could be part of this legislation is creating a registry for any weapons that were obtained before this ban goes in place, and a speech this week one of the nra's eleader's's wayne lapierre says that was totally unacceptable to the nra. >> dianne feinstein's conference is scheduled for 11:00 a.m. eastern, about two hours from now. >>> the military is making a major change, for the first time in history women will be allowed to serve on the front lines but don't expect to see changes right away. pentagon correspondent chris lawrence tells us why. >> reporter: army infantry, marine recon, even special ops, on thursday, they all opened to women for the first time. the pentagon is eliminating its ban on women in combat, but there's a catch. did you know today's army would be so different than the one you joined? >>
the nra is against any type of assault weapons ban. they say it wasn't effected in 1994 when it was put into effect and puts dangerous weapons into the hands of criminals who essentially don't follow the law, something else that could be part of this legislation is creating a registry for any weapons that were obtained before this ban goes in place, and a speech this week one of the nra's eleader's's wayne lapierre says that was totally unacceptable to the nra. >> dianne feinstein's...
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i know the nra is probably already out there. you probably saw that new ad that they just put out attacking the president and his two daughters. that's crazy. everybody knows that the president and his family have to be protected. but to try to push that over on to the, their probably most radical members of the nra, that's now how the general public feels. i believe we can do it. this time it is different. this time it's gone to the heart of every mother, father, gra grandparent thinking about their children, grandchildren. we have to do something. all these mass killings and the killings that happen every single day, as the president said, 900 people have died since the day that sandy hook happened. that's too many of our people. i'm speaking as a nurse. it's cost us over $200 billion a year for those that survive. and for everything that we need to do to protect our cities and our communities. >> congresswoman, thanks very much for joining us. >> thank you for covering this story. >> thank you. carolyn mccarthy is the democrat
i know the nra is probably already out there. you probably saw that new ad that they just put out attacking the president and his two daughters. that's crazy. everybody knows that the president and his family have to be protected. but to try to push that over on to the, their probably most radical members of the nra, that's now how the general public feels. i believe we can do it. this time it is different. this time it's gone to the heart of every mother, father, gra grandparent thinking about...
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these politicians have been cowered by the nra and the gun lobby for too long. it is time they stood up and said enough. >> let's talk about the balx jones interview. you're english and i'm australian. we look at it from an outsider's perspective and some people are shocked by what they see. you have say jones' rant about despots taking away guns back fired. he says i think he meaning you handled him perfectly, sat back and let alex make his own noose. i thought the same thing when i was watching the interview. did you feel that it did back fire on him? >> honestly i possibly have put on air. alex jones represents a very extreme -- very influential, very vocal gun lobby in america. he rants like this every day to millions of americans, most of them who believes what he says. this is a guy who believes president bush, his administration, ordered the 9/11 disaster, for example. you're talking with people who are scared in their thought process. and they believe that any government that wants any form of gun control after the massacres is attacking the second amend
these politicians have been cowered by the nra and the gun lobby for too long. it is time they stood up and said enough. >> let's talk about the balx jones interview. you're english and i'm australian. we look at it from an outsider's perspective and some people are shocked by what they see. you have say jones' rant about despots taking away guns back fired. he says i think he meaning you handled him perfectly, sat back and let alex make his own noose. i thought the same thing when i was...
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we see the nra is promising to fight hard as well. the administration feels good in that the public sentiment seems to be on their side, the majority of americans believe there's some need for gun restrictions. and so they're trying to seize this moment in order to try to curb the gun violence, what we've seen out there recently. >> such an uphill battle because passions are so high on both sides on the gun control issue. another issue where passions are so high on both sides when it comes to president and congress, this debt ceiling fight. >> that's right. although now we're seeing some of the temperatures lower there because every was expecting for this to be during the last time out, republicans saying let's deal with this for the next three mos, deal with the longer one later. the white house encouraged -- they're encouraged by what they're hearing but clearly it's not going to be easy. but certainly i think not as contentious as we were thinking in the short term. >> we'll see how that relationship develops if at all or e vovls t
we see the nra is promising to fight hard as well. the administration feels good in that the public sentiment seems to be on their side, the majority of americans believe there's some need for gun restrictions. and so they're trying to seize this moment in order to try to curb the gun violence, what we've seen out there recently. >> such an uphill battle because passions are so high on both sides on the gun control issue. another issue where passions are so high on both sides when it...
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the nra will oppose it. and gun rights supporters want to focus more on mental health and school safety. we will see what the backgroundries are going to be on tuesday -- boundaries are going to be on tuesy. >>> nothing that anyone could predict is the conspiracy theory of what happened on that day. we know that people put their theories on everything on the internet. there's a professor that questions whether the newtown tragedy ever occurred. >> it turns out that one of the people that is putting this theory forward is a tenured professor in a university. his name is james tracy. this is a picture of him, here is what he looks like. james tracy is his name. he claims the shooting did not happen as reported and may not have happened at all. here is what he wrote on his personal blog. i quote, one is left to inquire whether the sandy hook shooting ever took place, at least in the way that law enforcement authorities and the nation's news media described. tracy makes the case, if you want to call it that, the
the nra will oppose it. and gun rights supporters want to focus more on mental health and school safety. we will see what the backgroundries are going to be on tuesday -- boundaries are going to be on tuesy. >>> nothing that anyone could predict is the conspiracy theory of what happened on that day. we know that people put their theories on everything on the internet. there's a professor that questions whether the newtown tragedy ever occurred. >> it turns out that one of the...
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. >> now see the nra might say well, then you should understand our position because that's exactly how we feel. >> well as i say, i don't think it's an attack on the second amendment. it's simply common sense, in order to, so that people who buy guns are registered, are known and their background is checked for any kind of mental illness or, you know, criminal behavior. >> and then my final question, you know, lots of people say the nra has such a strong lobbying arm that no sort of meaningful gun control will ever pass the legislature. do you think that's true? >> i think it's changing. think. i think that this march, you know, that we're having on saturday in washington, the march against gun violence and in support of, you know, the victims of gun violence, i think it is a genuine expression of the people's will, of the people's desires. >> thanks again to activist and actress kathleen turner. the march for gun control takes place tomorrow on capitol hill. >>> our talkback question today should the super bowl be politicized? i'll be right back. ♪ my frien, they do surround me ♪
. >> now see the nra might say well, then you should understand our position because that's exactly how we feel. >> well as i say, i don't think it's an attack on the second amendment. it's simply common sense, in order to, so that people who buy guns are registered, are known and their background is checked for any kind of mental illness or, you know, criminal behavior. >> and then my final question, you know, lots of people say the nra has such a strong lobbying arm that no...
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before the nra came out with its recommendation. what happened in newtown, don, is that the unfortunate events up there changed school security. and i think every elected official in the country has to take a careful look about their school system, how security is put into place. you have a choice right now. you can do something or you can do nothing and hope it doesn't happen in your school district. we made a collective decision together with the board of education and the police department that we had to do something now as we wait for law enforcement report out of newtown in order to address the security failing of that school. and that's what we're waiting for. during that waiting period, we're more comfortable having our able police force in our schools than not in our schools. now, marlborough township has always had police officers in our schools, so this isn't something so new to our children that they should be concerned about. >> mayor jonathan hornic, thank you. >> thank you very much, don. >>> the fallout continues from
before the nra came out with its recommendation. what happened in newtown, don, is that the unfortunate events up there changed school security. and i think every elected official in the country has to take a careful look about their school system, how security is put into place. you have a choice right now. you can do something or you can do nothing and hope it doesn't happen in your school district. we made a collective decision together with the board of education and the police department...
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some people saw that as a dig to the nra. just weigh in on the debate if you will. what do you make of what is taking place here in washington in trying to get guns out of the hands of violent folks. >> the most positive thing is we're having the conversation. either way, we're going to make a step towards a positive change. that's basically all we can hope for as americans. >> and how has your first week been. >> it's been great. i'm excited to be at the national day of service. i've encouraged twitter followers to weigh in and. i'm having a great time meeting all the people and shaking hands and saying hello. i'm having a great time. >> one of the things you talked about which is serious is combating sexual abuse. >> right. >> there was some of that in your own family. how important is that? and how big of a problem is that in our country? >> one in four women and one in six men by the time they're 18 will have experienced some form of sexual abuse. it happens in every neighborhood. it's something we as americans need to open up the conversation about. i'm happy t
some people saw that as a dig to the nra. just weigh in on the debate if you will. what do you make of what is taking place here in washington in trying to get guns out of the hands of violent folks. >> the most positive thing is we're having the conversation. either way, we're going to make a step towards a positive change. that's basically all we can hope for as americans. >> and how has your first week been. >> it's been great. i'm excited to be at the national day of...